Much as yesterday the coast was shrouded in mist with the sun teasing us with its presence but not actually breaking through until around 5 by which time we were back on site – still a glorious evening!

I had booked the van into a Ford garage in Eastbourne as I think the vehicle battery is loosing power too quickly when parked up for a couple of days and so by just after 9 we were walking down through the town to the seafront. The concrete promenade runs for about 4 miles from Sovereign Harbour in the east to Holywell in the west (where the Seven Sisters cliff walk starts). As expected when we arrived at Eastbourne pebble beach, visibility was pretty poor with the Pier only just visible….

Still it is nice and warm and we enjoyed walking along the promenade, hoping that the sun would eventually break through, as we walked we were accompanied by the occasional low rumble of a fog horn somewhere in the distance….

After a good few miles we arrived at the western end of the promenade at Holywell Beach where only the immediate white cliffs were in sight – Beachy Head was not even a shadow, though I know it is there…

Walking back the mist has lifted a bit and we are able to see Eastbourne Pier, though as it is not dog friendly we were unable to explore the various cabins, which is a shame….

We continued walking away from the centre of Eastbourne and enjoyed a coffee and a sit on Redoubt Beach, whilst Tilly got some off lead time to sniff her way along our section of beach….

Ready to continue on our way we passed Lumpit’s Beach which looked to be the fishing section of beach and also a bit of a boat graveyard….

A lone sailing boat visible out in the bay – the only real indicator of where the sea meets the sky….

PS. The lone ship turns out to be a full sized replica of the Nao Santa Maria – Christopher Columbus’s Flagship built in 2018 and touring the coast as a floating museum…

The eastern end of the promenade finishes at Langney point, the entrance to Sovereign Harbour and I think a Martello Tower?….

We wandered inland looking over the calm waters of the outer harbour and Sovereign Harbour Beach on the other side….

As we approached the inner harbour it rather unsportingly started to rain with a look that says it is set for awhile, so we decided that was probably a good point to make our way back to the garage….

It was rather disappointing to arrive back at the garage to find that at 3.30 pm they were just about to start on the van (I dropped it off at 9!). I spoke to the workshop manager and he explained that they would want to keep the van over night to test the battery over an extended period of time, clearly that is not an option so I decided to just continue to monitor it and get the Bailey’s Dealer where I bought it from to do a full investigation when I take it to them in July.

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 11
• Miles walked – 9
• Beaches – 5
• O/N – £11.10